1st Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment

Constituted 25 July 1968 in the Regular Army as Company A, 158th Aviation Battalion, an element of the 101st Airborne Division, and activated at Fort Carson, Colorado
Inactivated 19 April 1979 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Activated 30 September 1981 at Fort Campbell, Kentucky
Reorganized and redesignated 16 September 1987 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 158th Aviation, relieved from assignment to the 101st Airborne Division, withdrawn from the Regular Army, and allotted to the Army Reserve (organic elements concurrently constituted and activated)
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 158th Aviation, reorganized and redesignated 16 October 1996 as Company A, 158th Aviation (remainder of battalion concurrently inactivated)
Inactivated 15 October 1997 at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia
Activated 16 September 2002 at Clearwater, Florida
Inactivated 16 October 2002 at Clearwater, Florida
Redesignated 1 October 2005 as Company A, 158th Aviation Regiment
Redesignated 16 June 2008 as Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment, and activated at Conroe, Texas (organic elements concurrently activated)

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT

DECORATIONS

*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered DONG AP BIA MOUNTAIN
*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered HO CHI MINH TRAIL
*Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered THUA THIEN PROVINCE 1969
*Valorous Unit Award, Streamer embroidered THUA THIEN PROVINCE 1970
*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969
*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1971
*Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1969-1970
*Republic of Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal, First Class, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1970

BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:

RICHARD W. STEWART, PH.D.
Chief of Military History